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[Man Narrating]
In the criminal justice system...
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all defendants are innocent
until proven guilty,
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either by confession,
plea bargain or trial byjury.
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This is one of those trials.
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She was in love with him.
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I tried to warn her.
All clich�s are true.
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But naivet� shouldn't be
a death sentence.
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Everybody in this office knows that
Kurt Lascher murdered my daughter.
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- You've known for 19 months.
- Unfortunately, Mrs. Blaylock,
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knowing and proving
are very different things.
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- Her blood-
- Was in the car, but that's inadmissible.
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You know that.
It was contaminated.
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So you're saying what?
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A murderer gets to walk free
just because he's famous?
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No, I'm saying it's very difficult to
convict a murderer if there's no evidence.
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Well, that's why I'm here-
evidence.
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I found this in her trench coat pocket.
It's an obstetrician's card.
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There's a date on the back.
It's for the day before she disappeared.
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This is great.
We'll look into it.
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Yeah. It's not right.
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I mean, can you stand there
and tell me that this is right?
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No.
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No, I can't.
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[Moaning]
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- [Ringing]
- [Moaning Continues]
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[Ringing Continues]
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What?
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What time?
Listen, I have an 11:00 rehearsal.
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All right. All right.
I'll have Roberto pick you up on the way.
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And, Peter, you were supposed
to make this go away.
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Remember that part?
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[Phone Beeps Off]
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[Sighs] Who was that? My lawyer.
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A little late, don't you think?
Uh-huh.
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He just got a phone call.
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I have to surrender in the morning.
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Surrender to who?
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Why?
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The police.
They think I killed Dede Blaylock.
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It's a different prosecutor-
a broad with a hair up her ass.
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- Just handle it.
- Oh, that bitch! We agreed.
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Give 'em some room. Give 'em some
room to get out. What happened?
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- Thank you.
- [Woman] How well did you know her, sir?
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Can you just please let us through?
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Kurt, you know I would never
have agreed to this perp walk.
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Shut up, Peter.
She didn't call 'em.
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I did. [Man] Did you kill
your girlfriend, Mr. Lascher?
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Did you kill your girlfriend?
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[Chattering Continues]
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[Man] Please, sir. Thank you.
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Docket 101604, People of the State
of New York versus Kurt Lascher.
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Charge is murder in the second degree.
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- How do you plead, Mr. Lascher?
- Absolutely not guilty.
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[Judge] Save the rewrites
for the paying customers.
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A simple declarative "not guilty"
is incredibly sufficient.
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- Thank you, Your Honor.
- People on bail. Ms. Gaffney?
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It's a murder, Your Honor.
The defendant has a nine-figure net worth.
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He has a Gulfstream jet that can
take him out of this country at will.
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We ask for remand given that he is
the living definition of a flight risk.
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Ray Charles could have
seen that, counselor.
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However, I'm loathe to remand
someone when there's no body.
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But I can make it expensive. Bail is
set at five million dollars. Short date.
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- What?
- And Mr. Lascher will surrender his passport.
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- [Man] Did you kill your girlfriend, Mr. Lascher?
- Did you kill your girlfriend?
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[Branch]
Clearly a defendant who is terrified...
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at the prospect of dealing
with the criminal justice system.
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The man is custom-tailored scum,
Arthur. He's a producer, Jack.
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And the reason I had you
hand this case offlast year...
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is because I didn't see how a jury
would convict this guy...
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without the blood evidence,
not to mention without the body,
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and I didn't want my executive assistant
to lose a celebrity case at trial.
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Why would I want one of
my bureau chiefs?
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Because it's a very strong circumstantial
case, and we know he did it.
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Come on, Tracey.
Ajury won't know that.
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Are you absolutely certain there's
no way we can get the blood in?
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The people at the lab told me categorically
that Dede Blaylock's blood...
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was in the rental car,
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but couldn't swear under oath to
a reasonable degree of scientific certainty.
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Exactly what they said
a year and a half ago.
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It's circumstantial,
but the circumstances are compelling.
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[Kibre] Another circumstance:
Her mother found...
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a gynecologist's business card
in one of her coats.
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The doctor will testify that
Dede Blaylock was pregnant.
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Will this doctor testify that
Kurt Lascher was the father?
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[Sighs] Well, let's see if
we can even indict this jerk.
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Has he indicated he wants
to testify before the grand jury?
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Kelly gave Behrens
a 19050 at the arraignment.
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My guess- Behrens will say
that Lascher is going to.
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I'll notice him to appear
- [Branch] He'll miss the date.
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You'll reschedule. Lascher'll be sick.
You'll get the indictment.
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Which sets up a motion to dismiss
for failure to give Lascher...
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an adequate opportunity
to testify before the G.J.
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A case this big,
some judges might give it to them.
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- It's just delaying the inevitable.
- Since when is anything...
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inevitable with the law?
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[Woman] Second line in.
Wanda, Carrie. [Piano]
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Delay? That's it? Delay?
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Kurt, delay is
a guilty man's best friend.
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Don't you ever sit in judgment of me.
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It's not my job. I'm your lawyer.
You ask, and I'll answer.
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[Man]
Take five, people!
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[Ends]
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Why did the little bitch get pregnant?
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[Scoffs]
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Slate myself?
Dede Blaylock.
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She was just chasing a dream.
Once Lascher started sniffing around-
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- She was in love. He was in lust.
- Tracey Kibre's got a hard-on for Lascher.
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Kibre?
I never had a case with her.
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Yeah, she's tough, smart.
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Hates to lose. I'm tellin' ya,
I wouldn't want her after my ass.
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I would have kept my mouth shut
- [Salazar] You seen enough?
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Yeah.
Anyway, it's not our problem.
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Oh?
What is our problem?
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To make sure Kibre's got
all the evidence that's there,
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reinterview everybody the homicide detectives
talked to, go over all the paperwork.
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Yeah, see if the precinct guys
screwed up. Yeah, it happens.
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You know, Lennie, I was a precinct
detective before I got shot five times.
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If it wasn't for this squad,
I'd be on permanent disability.
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- I'd be retired.
- So don't kick a gift horse in the mouth.
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Well, it helps pay the alimony.
So who's up first?
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Vic's roommate,
Karen Masters.
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You have any idea how many sessions
it took for me to get through this?
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Excuse me?
With my shrink.
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Your pregnant best friend goes out
to dinner, and she never comes back.
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Some new evidence has come up.
And?
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The D.A.' s going to the grand jury.
They'd like you to testify.
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Whoa. Nobody ever said
anything about testifying.
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- Wait a minute. Are you an actress?
- Only when I'm not being a paralegal.
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I've seen you in a commercial.
You saw my Land Rover?
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I knew it was some kind of car.
Which one- But you were great.
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You want to see my reel?
I'm just kidding.
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I know you're nervous about testifying,
but grandjury testimony is sealed.
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Nobody in the business
will ever find out.
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Kurt Lascher will.
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I'm gonna have to think about this.
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You guessin' she's an actress-
That's a no-brainer.
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You saw her damn commercial,
and you remembered her face?
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No, I got TiVo. You push the magic button,
there's no commercials.
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Who's next? Ma�tre d' of the
restaurant where they ate.
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And Lascher's been a regular here
how long?
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Since you were walking a beat.
Twice a week, sometimes more.
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What about women?
Two a week, sometimes more.
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- What about this woman?
- I figured this was about Dede Blaylock.
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Nice girl.
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Fell in love with Lascher.
Not a smart thing to do.
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- So she came in more than once?
- Once a week for three or four months.
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She used to tell me
this was their place. Delusional.
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The Homicide guys came around
two or three times...
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after she disappeared,
but then nothing happened.
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- What's going on?
- The D.A.' s taking this to the grand jury.
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- You're going to have to testify.
- Oh, great.
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Why don't you take us through
what happened the last time she was here?
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The night she disappeared?
Yeah, the night she disappeared.
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Well, they seemed happy.
Lascher had a couple of vodkas,
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and then he ordered
a magnum of Cristal.
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She said they had
something to celebrate.
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They had a magnum?
They drink the whole thing?
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Well, she just sipped at one glass,
but he turned it into a dead soldier.
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He get smashed?
Lascher never got smashed.
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Check that.
He never looked smashed.
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- He did some coke in the men's room.
- Oh? How do you know that?
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Because he's been doing coke in the
men's room ever since I've been here.
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Anyway, he came back to the table...
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and sent his chauffeur home,
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then tells me to get him a rental car.
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- He do that often?
- Try never.
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Never is an absolute.
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He'll testify to never? In the
12 years he's been working there,
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he said he never saw Lascher
send his driver home.
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He didn't even know
Lascher had a license.
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And Dede just had the one glass of
champagne? Yeah. She didn't even finish that.
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I mean, she sure acted like
she had a bun in the oven.
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Based on the fact that Lascher
made his last child support payment...
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for his illegitimate son
three months ago-
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Seventeen and a half percent of
his annual income for the last 18 years.
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A pregnancy would probably
really piss him off.
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- No wonder he drank the whole magnum.
- [Kibre] I'm probably gonna be able to get...
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the grand jury to indict, but when we go to
trial, we're gonna need a lot more to convict.
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I want you to enhance the case.
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And welcome to the squad, Detective.
You're one ofJack McCoy's favorite cops.
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Thanks. It's better than hanging out
at the O.T.B.
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- You're really worried.
- I'm always worried.
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They were dating for about six
or seven months.
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I'm not quite sure how long they were going out,
because she didn't tell me when they first got together.
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- And why was that?
- It was Kurt Lascher.
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He's notorious.
Notorious. For what?
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[Karen]
Okay. How's this?
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He's also 33 years older than Dede.
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I knew she was gonna get hurt.
I didn't think she was gonna get killed.
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What did you say to her
when she told you she was pregnant?
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That I would go with her
for the abortion.
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And what was her response?
She said she was having the baby.
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- Was she upset?
- She was ecstatic.
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She said they'd get married,
and... I lost it.
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I told her she was kidding herself.
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We started fighting,
yelling at each other.
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I left.
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I never saw her again.
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Thank you, Karen. Questions?
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Uh-
[Clears Throat]
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- Mr. Duzshinsky?
- Did she say...
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whether she had told Lascher...
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how many other men
she had slept with?
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What? In her life?
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No, no.
The week she disappeared.
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- She wasn't sleeping with anyone else.
- Oh, you know?
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What, you are psychic too?
She's an actress.
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No wonder Russians hate jury trials.
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Can you imagine 12 Duzshinskys
trying to reach a unanimous verdict?
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[Door Opens]
Here it is.
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Thank you.
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Murder two.
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You wanted enhancement?
I got you enhancement.
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It's all irrelevant and totally inadmissible,
but it certainly enhances your perspective.
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Today, Ted. Did you know that
Lascher used to be an attorney?
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What do you mean, used
to be? He was disbarred.
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In 1968, he was working
for Texana Oil as a lawyer.
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He drew up over 200
leases for ranchers in Oklahoma.
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Every one of them had a fatal flaw
in favor of the ranchers.
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He quit Texana Oil
and goes to work for the ranchers.
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- How many of them signed up?
- A hundred and eighty-one.
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Contingency?
Thirty percent.
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It cost Texana Oil $68 million.
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Sixty-eight million 1968 dollars.
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22,666,000.
228
00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:16,855
22,666,000 for him.
229
00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:19,584
Texana Oil went after his ass.
230
00:14:19,658 --> 00:14:21,558
Full ethics investigation.
Disbarred.
231
00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:24,460
- Why didn't they sue?
- Bad publicity. They made a deal.
232
00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,055
He surrendered his license
but kept the money.
233
00:14:27,132 --> 00:14:29,692
That's how he produced
his first plays.
234
00:14:29,768 --> 00:14:32,100
Lascher had been skating
his whole life.
235
00:14:32,171 --> 00:14:34,469
- Is the calendar out?
- We got Anderlee.
236
00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:39,705
- Amanda's my kind of judge.
- I want to get the Texana Oil story out.
237
00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:43,907
Don't leave any prints.
238
00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:46,315
[Behrens] I've already
drafted our motion to dismiss.
239
00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:49,354
What grounds? You were deprived
of an opportunity to testify...
240
00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:52,254
and an assistant district attorney
plowed ahead and voted the indictment.
241
00:14:52,324 --> 00:14:54,258
All right, all right. Best case?
242
00:14:54,326 --> 00:14:56,487
It should buy another
60, maybe 90 days. What?
243
00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:59,759
By then it'll be almost two years
since she disappeared. Oh, no. No, no.
244
00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:02,824
It's out of the magazines.
Out of sight, out of mind. No.
245
00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:05,837
No. News management.
I want to get my side out.
246
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:09,739
So you call Dominick Dunne,
invite him to dinner at Alain Ducasse.
247
00:15:09,808 --> 00:15:11,833
I'll buy a bottle of La T�che.
Kurt-
248
00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:13,845
Peter, please.
I know how to control the press.
249
00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:17,212
The D.A.' s are already talking to him.
There's a Vanity Fair article coming.
250
00:15:17,283 --> 00:15:19,274
Oh, really? When were you
planning to tell me that?
251
00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:22,752
I just found out this afternoon.
What's the spin?
252
00:15:22,821 --> 00:15:25,881
Good-looking woman D.A.
Takes on the king of Broadway.
253
00:15:29,361 --> 00:15:32,057
You're fired.
Excuse me?
254
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:38,097
You're fired.
I need a woman.
255
00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:44,734
Here's what's going on, Kurt.
The fat lady's about to sing.
256
00:15:44,810 --> 00:15:47,074
You're being arraigned in two days...
257
00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:49,944
on a criminal charge
of second degree murder.
258
00:15:50,015 --> 00:15:52,006
There's gonna be a trial.
Twelve people,
259
00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:54,575
who probably can't even afford
to go see one of your plays,
260
00:15:54,653 --> 00:15:57,213
are gonna decide whether you go
to prison for the next 25 years.
261
00:15:57,289 --> 00:16:02,454
- You're not gonna let that happen.
- If I decide to take the case.
262
00:16:02,528 --> 00:16:05,053
But I'm not going to unless I know
you're going to help me.
263
00:16:06,665 --> 00:16:08,895
I don't care if you did it.
264
00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:12,631
I'm not interested in proving
you innocent, just not guilty.
265
00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:18,173
I have to keep as many damaging facts
away from the jury as possible.
266
00:16:19,244 --> 00:16:21,235
Why am I being arraigned again?
I was arraigned.
267
00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:23,679
That was on a criminal complaint.
268
00:16:23,749 --> 00:16:26,411
This time, it's with the trial judge
who will advise you...
269
00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:29,249
on the indictment
and the actual charges.
270
00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:33,524
You really want to know?
271
00:16:33,592 --> 00:16:35,685
Yeah, I have to know.
272
00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:40,089
I liked her.
273
00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:42,998
We had a nice short run.
274
00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:48,963
My life's an open book.
I've been a bachelor for 19 years.
275
00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:52,670
I'm not known for my parenting
or my monogamy skills.
276
00:16:54,113 --> 00:16:57,947
She walks into the Des Artistes
and lays that on me?
277
00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:00,212
So what did you do?
278
00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:03,821
I ordered a magnum of Cristal,
279
00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:05,880
thought about how
to make her disappear.
280
00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:09,683
You sent your driver home.
281
00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:11,696
Get a rental car delivered
to the restaurant.
282
00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:15,723
I told her we were gonna drive
up to Connecticut to celebrate.
283
00:17:15,801 --> 00:17:17,735
We got in the car and headed up.
284
00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:22,266
She wouldn't shut up.
285
00:17:23,909 --> 00:17:26,810
So I finally I told her
I'm never getting married again.
286
00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:29,871
It was nothing against her,
but I'd never subject anybody...
287
00:17:29,948 --> 00:17:32,143
to being married to me.
288
00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:34,947
And I told her
she couldn't have the baby.
289
00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:38,146
She flipped out.
290
00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:41,386
Started yelling and screaming
up the West Side Highway.
291
00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:45,089
I hit her, knocked her head
into the windshield frame,
292
00:17:45,164 --> 00:17:47,098
and that's how the blood
got in the car.
293
00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:53,604
She was out cold.
294
00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:58,904
So I drove up to northern Westchester,
295
00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:02,346
went out to Allen Watross's place,
296
00:18:02,414 --> 00:18:06,373
because I knew that there was
a very deep abandoned well,
297
00:18:06,452 --> 00:18:09,683
and Allen was never there
during the week.
298
00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:11,723
I strangled her,
299
00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:14,315
threw the body down the well,
300
00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:16,327
drove home.
301
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,991
Nobody saw me.
302
00:18:20,065 --> 00:18:22,056
Obviously.
303
00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:32,171
- Any other questions?
- Dozens.
304
00:18:33,345 --> 00:18:36,405
- Hundreds.
- Fine.
305
00:18:37,749 --> 00:18:40,980
- I have one.
- How much?
306
00:18:46,024 --> 00:18:47,958
When are Briscoe
and Salazar coming in?
307
00:18:48,026 --> 00:18:51,792
Tomorrow or the day after.
They have four more names to reinterview.
308
00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:55,197
- Is it just me, or are the cadets getting younger?
- And taller.
309
00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:04,301
Notice of change of counsel.
Who?
310
00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:07,975
Maggie Dettweiler.
311
00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:11,072
I've heard she's good. Is
she that good? She's better.
312
00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:15,712
[Piano] Graydon set a land
speed record for a cover story.
313
00:19:15,787 --> 00:19:20,656
I talked to Nick. I told him all about
Brunei and the sultan's party girls.
314
00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:23,194
It's all in there.
Good.
315
00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:26,231
Unfortunately, it's the only good thing
in there for us in a 3,000-word story.
316
00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:31,201
Your quotes weren't.
He makes you sound like Rasputin.
317
00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:35,229
You may have forgotten that his daughter
was murdered by her boyfriend.
318
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:40,604
And that expression-
"I'd like to strangle this bitch"?
319
00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:42,840
I would lose that
from my physical palate.
320
00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:46,874
You may have noticed that thejudge
and both prosecutors are all bitches.
321
00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:50,178
Why do you think you're here?
322
00:19:51,256 --> 00:19:54,692
So, what's my
seven-figure defense?
323
00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,819
This is a girl who went
to Brunei twice. Mm-hmm.
324
00:19:56,895 --> 00:19:59,728
She spent nine months singing
in Japan when she was 19.
325
00:19:59,798 --> 00:20:03,427
Oh, so she's a slut. Who knows
where she is? If the shoe fits.
326
00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:05,970
What's the significance
of the Brunei trips?
327
00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:09,007
Am I missing something?
You know about the sultan?
328
00:20:09,074 --> 00:20:11,770
Yeah, he's, what, like the third
richest guy on the planet?
329
00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:15,643
He's also very generous to his friends,
especially his male friends.
330
00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,547
He flies in young girls
as party favors.
331
00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:21,814
Dede was there for five weeks
the first time, two months the second.
332
00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:24,447
- A lot of parties.
- And a lot of favors.
333
00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:27,583
- Is there anything else?
- Japan.
334
00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:31,060
- What aboutJapan?
- She spent six months there when she was 19.
335
00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:33,427
- Doing what?
- Singing.
336
00:20:33,498 --> 00:20:36,990
- She's a singer?
- Not before or since.
337
00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:40,903
How come this wasn't in her file?
Didn't they check her passport?
338
00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:43,635
Never found it. [Briscoe]
And it's still valid.
339
00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:46,906
And we know she doesn't mind
long flights.
340
00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:49,971
- Are you sure, counselor?
- What? That Lascher murdered her?
341
00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:52,278
That she's dead.
342
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,865
Is that your justice-is-blind look?
343
00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:14,565
Oh, the voice that launched
a thousand appeals.
344
00:21:17,709 --> 00:21:20,644
- What's it like working for a Republican?
- Better than working for a killer.
345
00:21:20,712 --> 00:21:23,647
- Alleged killer.
- Oh, yeah.
346
00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:25,649
Sticks and stones
may break his balls,
347
00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:28,185
but I gotta insist
on a victim to convict him.
348
00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:32,252
Necessity is the mother of invention.
349
00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:43,657
If you're talking "multi-illogical
alterizations" of this crime,
350
00:21:43,735 --> 00:21:48,172
let's just say Dede Blaylock didn't have
a good discriminative taste in men.
351
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,765
Any names?
Oh, yeah.
352
00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:55,640
How about Michael Feltscher?
353
00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,012
How about Sean Murray?
354
00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:02,383
A road company Michael Bolton
with no pipes.
355
00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:06,390
How about Matt Mandebach?
356
00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:09,552
A B-level producer.
But there's something else.
357
00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:11,926
There's something-
Some actress-model-
358
00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:16,366
- Oh, Amy Woodbury.
- Disappeared without a trace.
359
00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:19,427
That's right. [Man] A friend of
mine out in Los Angeles there-
360
00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:23,873
Robbery Homicide- tells me
that this guy Matt Mandebach...
361
00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:27,275
was and still is the main suspect
in her disappearance.
362
00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:30,838
- When did they go out?
- When she got back from Japan.
363
00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:32,850
Okay. It is not worth as much...
364
00:22:32,918 --> 00:22:35,386
if we hand them the name
as if they find it themselves.
365
00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:37,445
They already have it.
366
00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:39,456
Name and number.
367
00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,458
Kibre does?
The cops.
368
00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:43,517
When they searched my house,
they found her Filofax.
369
00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:45,961
She was obsessive about phone numbers.
370
00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:49,432
If she knew him, he's in there,
especially if he was a producer.
371
00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:52,231
So I'll ask for it.
372
00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:56,764
They will go through every name in that
book before they hand it over. Trust me.
373
00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:59,572
You're batting a thousand.
Excuse me?
374
00:22:59,644 --> 00:23:02,841
Your case just got worse.
Your vic may not even be dead,
375
00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:06,247
but if she is, there's a lot better suspect
in there than Kurt Lascher.
376
00:23:06,318 --> 00:23:10,618
Who's that? [Briscoe] One Matt
Mandebach, who was and is...
377
00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:12,623
the prime suspect in the disappearance
of a model...
378
00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:15,091
named Amy Woodbury
in L.A. Five years ago.
379
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,560
God Almighty!
380
00:23:17,629 --> 00:23:19,620
He'd been dating Dede Blaylock
right around the same time.
381
00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:21,996
The cops go to question Mandebach
about Amy Woodbury,
382
00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:24,467
Dede Blaylock's in his apartment.
383
00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:26,470
[Briscoe]
It gets worse.
384
00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:28,802
Don't see how it could.
385
00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:31,968
Mandebach was in New York
when Dede Blaylock disappeared.
386
00:23:32,043 --> 00:23:34,238
You didn't know about this guy?
[Kibre] The police assured me...
387
00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:36,837
they'd followed up
on all the physical evidence.
388
00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:40,248
An address book isn't physical evidence?
[Kibre] Let's not take our eyes off the prize.
389
00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:42,286
Lascher did it.
We know he did it.
390
00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:44,288
Everything else is immaterial.
Exactly.
391
00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:47,484
Exactly wrong.
Beyond a reasonable doubt.
392
00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:49,584
I think you're gonna have trouble
meeting that burden.
393
00:23:49,661 --> 00:23:52,721
Are you sure you don't want
to reconsider this?
394
00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:56,598
- We have an indictment.
- Well, an indictment doesn't mandate a trial,
395
00:23:56,668 --> 00:23:58,602
especially in an election year.
396
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,431
If I lose, I'll resign.
397
00:24:03,508 --> 00:24:06,807
I'm sure I'll find that very comforting
on election day when I lose.
398
00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:12,039
[Kibre] The police are
checking the names in the book.
399
00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:16,110
I'm just asking for additional time
so they can complete their investigation.
400
00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:18,622
You know, silly me. I was always
under the ridiculous illusion...
401
00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:21,124
that a trial was a search
for the truth.
402
00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,320
Oh, please, counselor. A trial is
a search for admissible evidence.
403
00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:26,057
- Your Honor-
- Would you just let me rule in your favor?
404
00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:29,123
- Your Honor-
- Just make a copy and give it to them.
405
00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:31,897
Isn't this what Xerox machines
were invented for?
406
00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:34,302
I really don't see how this request
can be rationally turned down.
407
00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:37,637
- Thank you, Your Honor.
- Okay, any other alarms...
408
00:24:37,709 --> 00:24:40,075
or diversions?
409
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:43,137
Great. Let's set a date
forjury selection.
410
00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:46,583
It's a hundred fifty thousand
through the verdicts,
411
00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:50,280
a hundred-thousand-dollar bonus for
an acquittal, 50,000 for a hung jury.
412
00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:52,687
Is he kidding?
413
00:24:52,757 --> 00:24:54,952
And if you're not kidding,
you must be insane.
414
00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:57,620
A quarter of a million dollars
for a jury consultant?
415
00:24:57,696 --> 00:25:00,221
- It's a simple cost-benefit analysis.
- Oh, really?
416
00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:05,826
250,000, 25 years to life.
417
00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:11,469
Who do you think
your ideal juror is?
418
00:25:13,111 --> 00:25:15,045
[Sighs]
419
00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:19,015
Educated, upper middle class, older,
420
00:25:19,084 --> 00:25:22,884
a theatergoer, male.
421
00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:25,889
- What do you think of Mr. Lascher's profile, Lin?
- It's a hundred percent wrong.
422
00:25:25,957 --> 00:25:30,223
[Man] Yeah, your ideal juror is a high
school graduate, middle-aged, middle-class...
423
00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:32,525
married female
who wants to be a theatergoer.
424
00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:35,361
- You're trying the victim?
- Yeah, well, we'll be pointing out...
425
00:25:35,433 --> 00:25:38,834
certain character shortcomings
of an extremely alluring,
426
00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:42,533
missing, alleged victim
who could be anywhere in the world.
427
00:25:42,607 --> 00:25:45,371
Exactly. A nd who do
middle-aged women despise?
428
00:25:45,443 --> 00:25:48,469
Pretty girls in their 20s
who go out with older men.
429
00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:57,121
[Kibre] Are you familiar with the term
"May-December romance,"Mrs. Phelps?
430
00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:59,986
- Of course.
- And how do you feel about them?
431
00:26:00,058 --> 00:26:02,925
I'm sorry. Are you asking me
whether I want to have one?
432
00:26:02,994 --> 00:26:06,555
No, um, I'm just, uh,
asking how you feel...
433
00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:08,963
about them in the abstract.
434
00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:12,299
Relationships are relationships.
Whatever makes people happy is fine with me.
435
00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:15,931
So, you would have
absolutely no qualms...
436
00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:18,669
about an older man going out
with a much younger woman?
437
00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:23,942
- It takes two to tango.
- I think Ms. Kibre agrees with me. Watch.
438
00:26:24,015 --> 00:26:26,813
- Thank you.
- She's gone.
439
00:26:26,885 --> 00:26:29,854
The People are going to excuse
Mrs. Phelps, Your Honor.
440
00:26:31,289 --> 00:26:33,951
[Anderlee]
Jurors one, two, three,
441
00:26:34,025 --> 00:26:37,426
six, seven, eight, nine, 10,
442
00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:39,759
12 are excused.
443
00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:43,164
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
444
00:26:43,234 --> 00:26:46,761
[No Audible Dialogue] [Clears
Throat] Sidebar, Your Honor.
445
00:26:47,872 --> 00:26:50,534
It took Mr. Stotti
less than an hour...
446
00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:53,840
after Mr. Lascher recognized
Mr. Mandebach's name...
447
00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:55,971
to reach a senior commander
of the L.A.P.D...
448
00:26:56,047 --> 00:26:58,208
who informed him
that Mr. Mandebach...
449
00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:01,844
was the prime suspect
in another Missing Persons case.
450
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,718
- The victim is also an actress.
- Your Honor, I don't see what-
451
00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:08,525
Go on, Ms. Dettweiler.
The fact is,
452
00:27:08,593 --> 00:27:11,653
is that he is a much more
likely suspect than Mr. Lascher,
453
00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:14,164
being that he did live
and still does live...
454
00:27:14,232 --> 00:27:17,224
two blocks away from
the alleged victim's apartment.
455
00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:22,296
- Is this true?
- I have no idea where Mr. Mandebach lives, Your Honor.
456
00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:24,308
Excuse me.
457
00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:26,867
I'd say that could be the definition
of a nonresponsive response.
458
00:27:26,945 --> 00:27:30,574
- Of course they know about Mandebach.
- Sit down, Mr. Lascher.
459
00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:39,423
I'd say, this doesn't seem to be
the N.Y.P.D.' s finest hour, Ms. Kibre.
460
00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:45,587
I can't believe I missed a damn Filofax
on the evidence locker list.
461
00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,132
There were 219 items on that list.
462
00:27:48,199 --> 00:27:50,133
I missed it too.
463
00:27:50,201 --> 00:27:52,135
She's here, with pictures.
464
00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:56,367
I just had to thank you for finally
getting that bastard in front of a jury.
465
00:27:56,441 --> 00:27:59,035
It's not gonna be easy to convict him.
I hope you know that.
466
00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:01,044
He's guilty.
They'll see that.
467
00:28:01,112 --> 00:28:05,572
Mrs. Blaylock, did Dede ever mention
a man named Matt Mandebach?
468
00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:08,881
I never heard of him.
Dede told me everything.
469
00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:11,581
L- I just wanted you to remember.
470
00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:15,749
This is what he took.
471
00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:36,046
Kurt Lascher did not take
Dede Blaylock's life.
472
00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:39,982
The last time he saw her, they shared a
wonderful meal and a bottle of champagne.
473
00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:45,354
In fact, the State will be unable
to prove that she's even dead.
474
00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:50,258
All they will be able to tell you is that
no one has seen her for the last 18 months.
475
00:28:51,896 --> 00:28:56,765
But if Dede Blaylock is dead,
476
00:28:56,835 --> 00:29:02,102
the State has had information
about another suspect-
477
00:29:02,173 --> 00:29:04,164
a much more compelling suspect-
478
00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:07,143
who was never even investigated.
[Beeping]
479
00:29:07,212 --> 00:29:09,203
Thank you for your attention.
480
00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:12,249
How did it play?
481
00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:16,253
Well, they're not crazy about
the alternative killer theory.
482
00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:22,760
The State has had information
about another suspect-
483
00:29:22,827 --> 00:29:27,287
a much more compelling suspect
- who was never even investigated. [Beeping]
484
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,001
- I guess I'm taking that out of the opening.
- But look at this.
485
00:29:34,005 --> 00:29:39,500
As a matter of fact, the State will be
unable to prove that she's even dead.
486
00:29:39,577 --> 00:29:44,640
All they'll be able to tell you is that no
one's seen her for the last 18 months. [Beeping]
487
00:29:46,251 --> 00:29:50,984
I'd open with, " Ladies and gentlemen,
where's the body?"
488
00:29:51,055 --> 00:29:54,718
Ladies and gentlemen,
where's the body?
489
00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,747
All rise.
490
00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:19,079
Give your attention,
and you shall be heard.
491
00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:22,415
The HonorableJudge
Amanda Anderlee presiding.
492
00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:25,712
No. To my personal knowledge,
493
00:30:25,790 --> 00:30:30,659
Mr. Lascher never had a rental car
dropped off at the restaurant.
494
00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:33,822
Thank you. Oh, sorry.
One last thing.
495
00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:37,696
Do you think Kurt Lascher
is a dangerous misogynist?
496
00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:40,363
Objection, Your Honor.
Calls for an opinion.
497
00:30:40,438 --> 00:30:42,599
Withdrawn.
498
00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:45,507
Your witness.
499
00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:47,670
How long has Mr. Lascher
been coming to your restaurant?
500
00:30:49,147 --> 00:30:53,550
Apparently for more than 20 years,
but I've only been there the past 12.
501
00:30:53,618 --> 00:30:56,519
[Dettweiler] Have you seen him
with other women over those years?
502
00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:59,318
- [Ma�ter d'] Many other women.
- Mm-hmm. And has Mr. Lascher...
503
00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:02,120
displayed a variety of moods
with those other women?
504
00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:05,890
What was the 911? One of our
witnesses is changing her story.
505
00:31:05,964 --> 00:31:08,194
What? Who?
506
00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:10,200
Briscoe and Salazar are on it.
507
00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:13,396
- Have you ever see him get angry with any of those women?
- Yeah.
508
00:31:13,471 --> 00:31:16,201
Did he kill any of them?
Objection!
509
00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:20,575
- Withdrawn.
- Since it's after 4:00,
510
00:31:20,645 --> 00:31:23,239
we'll resume at 9:00
on Monday morning.
511
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,321
- [Woman] I want to see your badges.
- We don't need no stinkin' badges.
512
00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:35,257
What? What did you say? I said, "
Yeah, people need to see our badges.' '
513
00:31:36,928 --> 00:31:38,919
I told that D.A.
What's her name? Gaffney?
514
00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:40,931
Gaffney.
I told her...
515
00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:43,467
I had to speak to her
about changing my testimony.
516
00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:46,469
Last year, you told the detectives
why you left the show-
517
00:31:46,537 --> 00:31:49,233
that stuff about Lascher
slapping you around.
518
00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:53,334
- That's why I have to talk to the D.A.' s.
- Talk about what?
519
00:31:54,612 --> 00:32:00,278
I lied to those cops last year,
but I can't lie under oath.
520
00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:02,819
You think there's any way
to get her new story in?
521
00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:05,355
Not on direct.
It's beyond prejudicial.
522
00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:07,584
It will probably get him a mistrial.
523
00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:10,594
But if we got Maggie Dettweiler
to ask the wrong question-
524
00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:13,460
Even if it got in, Anderlee
would instruct the jury to ignore it.
525
00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:16,056
It's completely irrelevant.
Irrelevant?
526
00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:18,762
It's the definition of irrelevance.
527
00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:20,963
It's pretty hard
to un-ring a bell that loud,
528
00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:24,406
no matter how the judge
instructs the jury.
529
00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:29,777
I've got to figure out how to start
pushing Maggie Dettweiler's buttons. What?
530
00:32:29,847 --> 00:32:32,111
Dettweiler will never ask questions
she doesn't know the answer to.
531
00:32:33,184 --> 00:32:36,153
Any lawyer can be made
to ask the wrong question.
532
00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:39,348
[Woman]
I had appeared in eight Broadway shows,
533
00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:41,654
three national touring companies
and six dinner theaters,
534
00:32:41,726 --> 00:32:44,524
where I started in the chorus,
and then I was a featured dancer-
535
00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:47,723
Let's just keep it a little simpler.
I'll say, " Ms. Sterba,
536
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:51,360
"you were a veteran stage
dancer and singer...
537
00:32:51,436 --> 00:32:54,769
"when Kurt Lascher asked you
to play the lead in Separate Beds,
538
00:32:54,839 --> 00:32:59,037
"but you had limited acting experience.
539
00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:02,204
Is that correct?"
And then you'll just say, "Yes.' '
540
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,182
And then I'll say,
"Well, why do you think he did that?"
541
00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:09,014
Because we were
having an affair?
542
00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:12,989
- Just make it a statement, not a question.
- [Gaffney] You should lower your eyes a little.
543
00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:16,993
- You know, try to look a little embarrassed.
- Yeah, okay.
544
00:33:17,061 --> 00:33:21,896
Then I'll say, uh, "Well, that seems
like a huge career move for you.
545
00:33:21,966 --> 00:33:24,059
Why did you leave the show
before it opened?"
546
00:33:24,135 --> 00:33:27,901
- You want the whole story?
- No. No. No.
547
00:33:27,972 --> 00:33:32,375
How about, "He terrorized me
during rehearsals, so I left"?
548
00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:35,310
He terrorized me during
rehearsals, so I left.
549
00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:37,371
[Kibre]
Okay, just stop there,
550
00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:40,042
and then you look at the jury
and tell what he said to you.
551
00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:43,884
- In rehearsal?
- No. Don't say anything about that.
552
00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:47,584
Just the threat.
The way we discussed.
553
00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:50,718
- He terrorized me during rehearsals, so I left.
- [Mouthing Words]
554
00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:53,787
And then I look at thejury.
555
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,595
Kurt Lascher is a monster.
556
00:33:57,802 --> 00:33:59,770
Oh.
[Clears Throat]
557
00:33:59,837 --> 00:34:02,863
Kurt Lascher is a monster.
558
00:34:02,940 --> 00:34:08,071
One night he told me that he could make
me disappear, like that. [Snaps Fingers]
559
00:34:08,146 --> 00:34:10,808
Thank you, Ms. Sterba.
560
00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:14,141
Your witness.
561
00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:18,080
You've testified that you
left Separate Beds...
562
00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:20,283
because Kurt Lascher
terrorized you?
563
00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:23,418
Among other reasons.
Let's talk about those other reasons.
564
00:34:23,494 --> 00:34:27,225
Isn't it true that you left because
Mr. Lascher ended your affair?
565
00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:30,758
No.
No?
566
00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:34,362
No. It was something
that he told me...
567
00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:38,170
that was so disturbing that it made it
impossible for me to continue.
568
00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,701
A moment, Your Honor?
569
00:34:47,485 --> 00:34:50,249
Am I gonna hear something here
that's gonna hurt us?
570
00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:54,685
I called her a stupid cooze.
571
00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:56,989
Sue me.
572
00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:05,833
So your testimony is that you
threw your whole career away...
573
00:35:05,903 --> 00:35:09,532
because Mr. Lascher,
in a moment of anger,
574
00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:12,701
made a disparaging
personal comment?
575
00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:16,110
No. He did that every day.
576
00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:20,574
The day I quit,
577
00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:23,950
I was playing a woman
who had been beaten by her husband.
578
00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:26,956
We were rehearsing a scene.
You bitch.
579
00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:30,152
- Mr. Lascher.
- [Sterba] Kurt told me...
580
00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:33,857
that I should make the audience understand
that I still loved my husband.
581
00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:36,695
He said it was like
when you strangle a dog.
582
00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:40,897
- Your Honor- - [Sterba]Just before
they die, they fall in love with you.
583
00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:43,668
They look into your eyes
and wag their tail.
584
00:35:43,741 --> 00:35:45,834
Objection, Your Honor.
[Clears Throat]
585
00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:47,844
Sidebar.
Overruled.
586
00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:50,380
You can hardly object
to the answer to your own question.
587
00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:53,747
- Then I move for a mistrial.
- Motion denied.
588
00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:57,584
But I will instruct the jury to disregard
Ms. Sterba's last statement.
589
00:35:57,655 --> 00:36:02,490
You will not refer to the statement in
any way or let it color your deliberations.
590
00:36:03,794 --> 00:36:05,728
The People rest, Your Honor.
591
00:36:09,967 --> 00:36:13,698
Pissed off voice message from Briscoe.
They're 11 years back, and there's nothing.
592
00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:17,867
Well, call him and remind him
I said to go back 15, and do it faster.
593
00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:20,172
No, it would be a huge mistake.
I agree.
594
00:36:20,244 --> 00:36:23,441
- And I have no choice.
- It's exactly what Kibre wants.
595
00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:27,746
- She could go anywhere on cross.
- Just let me explain the dog thing.
596
00:36:27,818 --> 00:36:31,549
I would not like to be convicted
just because I wanted to manipulate...
597
00:36:31,622 --> 00:36:34,386
a performance out of
an untalented chorus girl.
598
00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:36,551
She was pretty compelling
on the stand.
599
00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:40,290
Yeah, I would lose
the "untalented chorus girl" descriptor.
600
00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:46,466
You may be a ballbuster,
but when you're right, you're right.
601
00:36:46,537 --> 00:36:50,598
Fourteen years, three months. You're
not only right, you're lucky too.
602
00:36:50,675 --> 00:36:54,304
Oh. Lascher the dog lover.
603
00:36:59,450 --> 00:37:01,884
I've loved dogs my entire life.
604
00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:03,887
I grew up with 'em.
605
00:37:03,955 --> 00:37:08,722
The idea that I would hurt a dog,
or any animal, is ludicrous.
606
00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:11,694
But you did say what
Ms. Sterba said you said?
607
00:37:11,762 --> 00:37:15,095
Yes, I did.
I was giving her direction.
608
00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:21,101
Penny Sterba is... great in bed,
but she's a lousy actress.
609
00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:24,903
I would have said anything
to get a performance out ofher.
610
00:37:24,976 --> 00:37:30,778
But an inexperienced actress, uh,
confused direction with reality.
611
00:37:30,848 --> 00:37:33,316
Thank you, Mr. Lascher.
612
00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:35,318
Your witness.
613
00:37:38,656 --> 00:37:42,786
- Let's talk some more about dogs.
- Objection. Irrelevant.
614
00:37:42,860 --> 00:37:45,420
- Ms. Dettweiler opened the door, Your Honor.
- Overruled.
615
00:37:47,131 --> 00:37:52,034
You've testified that
you're a true dog lover.
616
00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:55,266
- My entire life.
- Then why do you kill them?
617
00:37:56,774 --> 00:37:58,708
That's ridiculous.
618
00:38:01,078 --> 00:38:04,445
I'd like this entered
as People's 67,
619
00:38:04,515 --> 00:38:07,450
but I'd like Mr. Lascher
to verify its accuracy.
620
00:38:07,518 --> 00:38:10,817
- I'd like to see that.
- So would I. Sidebar.
621
00:38:25,903 --> 00:38:28,633
This compounds other irrelevant
and immaterial...
622
00:38:28,706 --> 00:38:31,539
material already entered
into evidence.
623
00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:35,409
Again, Your Honor, I must strenuously
object. And again, I must overrule.
624
00:38:36,547 --> 00:38:40,210
Your client has no one to blame but himself.
Step back. You may approach.
625
00:38:45,756 --> 00:38:47,986
Do you recognize
those documents, sir?
626
00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,993
Oh, for God's sake.
627
00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:54,088
- I take it that's a "yes"?
- This is completely out of context.
628
00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,099
[Kibre] Let the record
show that the defendant...
629
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:59,432
is looking at a bill for $150...
630
00:38:59,503 --> 00:39:02,939
for putting three dogs to sleep...
631
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:07,341
on May 4, 1989
in Mt. Kisco, New York.
632
00:39:12,783 --> 00:39:16,344
I had just moved back to the city.
These were country dogs.
633
00:39:16,420 --> 00:39:18,354
They would have had to been
walked on leashes.
634
00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:21,118
So you killed them.
635
00:39:25,529 --> 00:39:30,228
One might conclude that one of your
problem-solving solutions is killing things.
636
00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:33,134
Is there a question in there,
Your Honor?
637
00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:38,198
Your Honor, I have no more questions
for New York's favorite animal lover.
638
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,548
Not guilty. Guilty.
639
00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:55,821
Guilty. Not guilty.
640
00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:59,727
Eight guilty, four not guilty.
This is ridiculous.
641
00:39:59,797 --> 00:40:02,231
Eight of you want to convict
somebody of murder...
642
00:40:02,299 --> 00:40:05,097
for euthanizing his own dogs?
643
00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:09,037
Me? I'd like to give him a medal
for keeping my shoes free of all dog crap.
644
00:40:09,106 --> 00:40:13,008
I can't get the image ofhim
strangling a dog out of my head.
645
00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,807
- He said he was just trying to elicit a performance.
- Please! W ho's kidding who?
646
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:20,647
This guy's a sociopath. And we all
read that article in Vanity Fair.
647
00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:24,380
State police called an hour ago.
648
00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:27,253
But they found the body a week ago?
Six days ago.
649
00:40:27,324 --> 00:40:31,488
Home inspection of a mortgage company.
The bottom of a well on an estate.
650
00:40:31,562 --> 00:40:33,496
Are they sure it's Dede Blaylock?
651
00:40:33,564 --> 00:40:36,465
The dental records match.
We'll have the D.N.A. In the morning.
652
00:40:36,534 --> 00:40:38,729
Four days late and a dollar short.
653
00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:41,431
It doesn't make any difference.
It's in the hands of a jury.
654
00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:43,837
If they acquit, he walks.
655
00:40:43,908 --> 00:40:45,933
What, your jury's still out?
Five days.
656
00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:48,535
Well, they, like juries
all over the tristate area,
657
00:40:48,612 --> 00:40:52,013
will be rendering verdicts tonight
and tomorrow.
658
00:40:52,082 --> 00:40:55,245
You know this.
I know this.
659
00:40:55,319 --> 00:40:59,585
How?
Because play-offs start tomorrow.
660
00:41:03,394 --> 00:41:05,328
Not guilty.
661
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:09,956
Guilty. Guilty.
Eleven to one.
662
00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:15,568
Please, you know in your heart
he killed her.
663
00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:20,576
I'm not even sure she's dead.
She could be in Japan or Brunei.
664
00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:24,910
She's dead, she's dead, she's dead,
and Kurt Lascher did it!
665
00:41:24,982 --> 00:41:27,576
Fine. Let's just
pick this up in the morning.
666
00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:31,246
No, no, no. Let's stay here
until we get this settled.
667
00:41:38,395 --> 00:41:41,387
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?
668
00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:45,026
- We have, Your Honor.
- How say you?
669
00:41:47,471 --> 00:41:50,497
We find the defendant,
Kurt Lascher, guilty.
670
00:41:50,574 --> 00:41:53,566
[Murmuring]
671
00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:05,121
Thanks.
672
00:42:26,510 --> 00:42:29,377
Never saw it coming.
Thank God.
673
00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:32,313
That was a buzzer beater.
That was a three-point buzzer beater.
674
00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:36,717
You convicted a guy on cruelty to animals,
not evidence.
675
00:42:36,787 --> 00:42:38,778
Life's a bitch.
Yeah, and some days,
676
00:42:38,856 --> 00:42:41,882
the one holding the scales
is blind, deaf and dumb.
677
00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:17,326
[Howling]
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